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...words of MY favorite poet, Sigur R??s frontman Jónsi þor Birgisson: “[Long, drawn-out silence. Very drawn-out.]” What does it mean to be a poet, or, better yet, what is prose poetry? Is this it? Nope, because I can’t write good, and that’s got to be a part...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles and Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Sally Forth, Young Men | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...having a rough week when I saw Sigur R??s play at the Opera House. But when Abe Riesman comes upon rough times, there’s no better prescription than Sigur R?...

Author: By Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sigur Rós, Unborn | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...There’s plenty of other chill-out music out there, and a lot of it has more elaborate symphonics, more accomplished musicianship, and lyrics in a language that’s comprehensible to me. So what is the Sigur R??s mystique? It became obvious to me at their show on the 15th. Their music is the sonic equivalent of going into the womb...

Author: By Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sigur Rós, Unborn | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...show wasn’t really life-altering, but it did what Sigur R??s always does for me—makes me feel as though I’m lolling around in that amniotic fluid, inhabiting a place and time before girlfriends and bombing campaigns: mindless, carefree, and hypnotized by the melodies of what’s to come...

Author: By Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sigur Rós, Unborn | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...whole show singing with eyes closed, and when he wasn’t huddled over his guitar with an E-Bow, he stood straight up and clenched his little hands like a child, squealing out meditative old standards like “Viðrar Vel Til Loftár??sa” and stunning new post-rockers like “Saeglópur.” He’s like the most earnest third-grader you’ve ever seen sing a Disney song at the talent show...

Author: By Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sigur Rós, Unborn | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

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